- 1. n. The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas. Source: opted
- 2. n. a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis Source: wordnet
- 3. The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about its axis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planes parallel to a given line are parabolas. Note: The term paraboloid has sometimes been applied also to the parabolas of the higher orders. Hutton. Source: webster
- 4. The solid generated by the rotation of a parabola about itsaxis; any surface of the second order whose sections by planesparallel to a given line are parabolas. Source: adambom
- 5. n:100 n. a surface having parabolic sections parallel to a single coordinate axis and elliptic sections perpendicular to that axis Source: ecdict
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